Sanitary device for water closets and the like



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T. BOGSRUD ET AL. SANITARY DEVICE FOR WATER CL'osETs AND THE LIKE.

FILED JUNE 16 1920. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 H "I I! N I INVENTORS: THORVALD BOGSKUD ALFRED R. HENRIKSEN,

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SANITARY DEVICE FOR WATER CLOSETS AND THE LIKE.

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SANITARY DEVICE IFOR WATER CLUSETS AND THE LIKE.

Application filed June r6,

To all whom it may concern: i I

Be it known that we. THORVALD Boesnnn and ALFRED RoscI-rnn HnNnrKsnN, citizens of Norway and residing at Son and Helen, li oiway, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Devices for Tater- Closets and the like, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a sanitary device if r water closets and the like i and has for its objectto reduce the dangpr 37 of infection. The invention principa consists in devices placed on the water -closet or the liken whereby a paper strip provided. with holes and rolled up on a shaft is drawn automatically over the seat when the lid is opened, the lid being provided with devices which will roll up the used paper lying on the seat when the lid is opened.

Tn the accompanying drawings the 1nvention'is shown in one form of construc tion. a

Fig. 1 is plan view of a box provided with the mentioned devices Fig. 2 is a side View of the same, Fig. is a front view of the box and Fig. .L is a. cross sectional side view of the same.

The device consists in a box the bottom and back-side of which are open so that it may be placed over an ordinary water closet or the like. The top of the box is provided with the usual opening. Tn a compartment in the front-side of the box, closed in by means of member 1 or the like a shaft 2 is mounted in vertical slots in the sides of the box. On this shaft is placed a roll 3 of paper, the width of which corresponds to the width of the seat. The roll is made up of a strip of paper, which is provided with a series of holes corresponding to the open ing in the seat. The front side of the box is provided with a trapdoor 5. The strip of paper is carried over the seat to a roller, on which it may be rolled up. The ends of the roller are pivotally mounted in bearings T. which can slide along the seat, being provided with small wheels 8 or the like, that may roll on the guides 9 mounted on the sides of the box. Above the roller is mounted a cover 10 provided with hinges. To the bearings of the roller are pivotally mounted arins ll, which are also connected to the cover 12, thus causing the roller to slide along the seat when th cover is opened 1920. Serial no. 389,459.

or closed. To one end of the roller is fastcued a ratchet-wheel 13, a pawl. 14; being pivotally mounted on one of the sliding bearings. This pawl is so placed that it will prevent the roller 6 from revolving when the lid is opened, whereas the roller may revolve when the lid is closed. The bearings 7 are provided. with vertical slots 15 to enable the roller to be lifted or lowered according to its diameter. In this manner it will be pressed against the seat by its own weight or by suitable spring devices not shown.

The cover 10 containing the roller will occupy a place in front of the lid when this is in closed position. The roller not being able to revolve, the paper t, when the lid is opened will be rolled off the roll 3 and drawn over the seat until the lid has reached the position, shown in l. The distance traveled by the roll on the seat corresponds exactly to the distance between the openings in the paper thus enabling each opening to be placed exactly over the opening in the seat. W hen the cover is closed the roller 6 as previously mentioned will roll on the seat, thus causing the used paper to be rolled up. When the cover is openedonce more new paper is again drawn over the seat and the cycle of operations repeated as before.

For privies in hotels, railroad cars, stean'n ers, etc., it may be advisable that the lid be locked or an inspectornotified automatically-or botli when the paper is used up. This may be done by fastening a rod made of wood or the like to the end of the strip of paper, the strip first being run thru a slot in the shaft, thru which said rod can not pass or also by closing a contact for an electric hell. or both.

The constructive details may of course be worked out in several ways without exceeding the scope of the invention.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A device of the character described conuiirising a seat for a water closet or the, like. means carry ing a supply roll of paper below said seat, means upon said seat carrying a shaft adapted to receive the waste end of said supply roll adapted for reciprocal movement upon said seat, and a lid hinged to said seat provided with means to a-cutate said waste roll carrying means in the raising and lowering of said lid.

2. The device of claim 1, said waste roll carrying means being provided with rollers engaging a track on said seat.

3. The device of claim 1, said Waste roll carrying means comprising a casing provided with vertical slots at its ends adapted to receive the ends of the shaft carrying said Waste roll of paper.

4:. The device of claim 1, said actuating means including a link, one end of which is connected to the lid, the other end to portion of the Waste roll carrying means.

5-. A device of the character described comprising a seat adapted to fit over a Water closet or the like, provided with an opening coinciding with the opening in the Water closet or the like, a supply roll of paper carried by said cover, a shaft upon which used paper is adapted to be rolled, a casing carrying said shaft, said casing being mounted for reciprocal movement upon said seat by means of rollers at the sides thereof, a lid hinged t the seat and adapted to cover the opening in the seat, means carried by the lid to actuate the waste roll, carrying casing, means carried by the waste roll shaft to prevent rotation thereof when the lid is being lifted, said waste roll casing taking a position adjacent the hinge of the lid when the lid is being lifted, and taking 

